UNIVERSITY DAILY
Kansas State historical Society Topeka, Ks.
Year No. 109
Thursday March 15, 1951
Thursday, March 15, 1951
hansan
Lawrence, Kansas
War Not To End At 38th Parallel
(Editor's note: Gen. Douglas MacArthur does not foresee under present circumstances an end to the hostilities in Korea at the 38th parallel. The supreme commander made this clear in a cabled interview with Hugh Baillie, president of United Press.)
New York (U.P.)—Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today United Nations troops must continue their war of maneuver in Korea because there are no natural defenses near the 38th parallel to hold against the Chinese Communists.
The number of U.N. troops it would take to hold the parallel, MacArthur said, would be sufficient to drive the Chinese Communists back across the Yalu river boundary with Manchuria and to hold the line there.
- The supreme commander told me this in response to a single question I asked him by cable:
MacArthur replied:
"How many troops would be required to hold the 38th parallel inviolate?"
"As I have on several occasions pointed out, the conditions under which we are conducting military operations in Korea do not favor in engaging in positional warfare on any line across the peninsula.
Specifically with reference to the 38th parallel, there are no natural defense features anywhere near its immediate proximity.
"The terrain is such that to establish a conventional defense system in reasonable depth would require such a sizeable force that if we had it, and could logistically maintain it, we would be able to drive the Chinese Communists back across the Yalu, hold that river as our future main line of defense, and proceed to the accomplishment of our mission in the unification of 1562a.
under the realities existing, however, we can and will, unless the situation is radically altered, continue our campaign of maneuver as the best means to neutralize the military disadvantage under which we fight and keep the enemy engaged where it best serves our own military purposes.
"Such a point of engagement will of necessity be a fluctuating variable, dependent upon the shifting relative strengths of the forces committed and will constantly move up or down.
K.U. Professors Are Recovering
Gilbert Ulmer, assistant dean of the College, was reported in satisfactory condition today at the Lawrence Memorial hospital. He was taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon suffering from a kidney aliment.
Laurel E. Anderson, professor of organ and theory, is reported in good condition by officials at Watkins hospital. He underwent an appendectomy Monday night.
Bass Fiddle Gone From Hoch
A bass fiddle is missing from Hoch auditorium. Anyone having information about the instrument is asked to call Russell L. Wiley, director of band and orchestra, at extension 385.
Mayerberg To Talk Over ABC Sunday
Rabbi Samuel S. Mayerberg, professor in the School of Religion, will speak at 9 a.m. Sunday on the "Message of Israel" pro- over the American Broad- ing company network. His speech, "Under the Microscope," can be heard over KCMO and WREN.
Printed copies of the rabbi's talks can be obtained by writing to the American Broadcasting company, 35 east 62nd street, New York 21, N.Y. Rabbi Mayerberg will speak again on the March 25th program.
"The problem involved requires much more fundamental decisions than are within my authority or responsibility to make as the military commander—decisions which must not ignore the heavy cost in Allied blood which a protracted and indecisive campaign would entail."
Human Relation Group To Meet
The fourth annual national conference on human relations will be held at the University Thursday, March 29, through Saturday, March 31, Hilden Gibson, director of human relations, has announced.
The principal object of the conference will be to discuss the problems of those engaged in teaching human relations or in research in that area, Professor Gibson said.
About 100 people are expected to attend the conference, Professor Gibson said. For the most part they will be college teachers and administrators.
Among those expected to attend are: Wallace B. Donham, former dean of the Harvard School of Business; Fritz Roethleisberger and George Lombard, professors in the Harvard School of Business; George Starcher, dean of the University College at Ohio university; Harry Benz, professor in the Ohio University, School of Education; Kenneth Berrien and Wendell Bash, professors at Colgate university; Dean Ellis Sowell, of Texas Christian university, and Theodore Barnowe, professor at the University of Washington.
Tentative plans are to house the delegates in North College dormitory if it is ready by then. The meetings will be held in the lounge of the new dormitory.
Eugene Thomas. Fort Collins, Colo., will be a guest speaker at a meeting of Inter-Varsity Christian fellowship at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Mr. Thomas is the I.V.C.F. regional secretary for the Rocky mountain area. He is visiting the colleges and universities of Kansas.
Previous human relations conferences have been held at Harvard, Colgate, Ohio universities.
He will be on the campus all day Thursday and Friday, and will also speak at the I.V.C.F. missionary meeting Friday noon in Danforth chapel.
A breakfast honoring vice-presidents from organized houses and other University organizations will be at 9:15 a.m. Saturday in the Union cafeteria.
IVCF Will Hear Guest Speaker
Breakfast Is Saturday For KU Vice-Presidents
New Styles Shown In Today's Kansan
E. C. Buehler, professor of speech,
will discuss "You and Campus
Speaking." Win Koerper, College
junior, will preside.
The University Daily Kansan today includes a section on what the well-dressed KU. woman will wear this spring. It will be found on pages 9, 10, 11, and 12. Friday's Kansan will feature a section on this season's fashions for men.
Many Support F.E.P.C. Bill At Topeka Hearing
By JACK ZIMMERMAN
Kansan Staff Reporter
Toppea—Discrimination is just plain uneconomic, a Kansas City financier told the committee on Tuesday, after hearing Tuesday night in Toppea.
A crowd of more than 200 persons jammed the chambers of the State supreme court to the overflow point as the committee met to hear supporters of the proposed fair employment practices commission bill.
Joe Coleman, the man from Kansas City, stirred the crowd more than any other speaker. As he spoke murmurs of "that's right" filled the room.
"We have been taught that this is the land of equal opportunity," he said. "But it is not that unless everyone has equal rights. Unless every man has the opportunity to pull himself up by his bootstraps without someone standing over him and holding him down," he said.
"We have passed laws to prohibit the waste of our natural resources, but still we continue to waste human beings," he said.
"Eight states have adopted some form of fair employment legislation and it has improved conditions without seriously restricting the privileges of employers."
Rep. Miles Stevens of Wyandotte county, who fathered the bill, made it clear to committee members that the bill would not infringe upon the rights of employers.
The bill provides that "a man has the right to fire or refuse to hire anyone provided it is for a bona fide qualificational reason. The only restriction is that he may not refuse employment or fire an individual because of his race, creed, or color," he said.
The Rev. G. E. E. Lindquist, of Lawrence, represented a group of 40 citizens who were at the meeting. He read a letter from Chancellor Deane W. Malot to the chairman of the state affairs committee.
Former Senator Ball, of Atchison, told of a German youth, an exchange student, who rated this country as the greatest in the world, but said it would not continue to be great unless discrimination was eliminated.
Many other speakers told the committee their reasons for supporting the proposed bill, and many read lists of names and petitions signed by persons in favor of F.E.P.C. legislation.
Chancellor Malott wrote that the University of Kansas was dedicated to tolerance and the freedom of thought, and has stood for those things since its inception 85 years ago. "This is the American way . . . it is particularly the Kansas way," the letter said.
The hearing lasted two hours, even though each speaker was obliged to limit his talk to a few paragraphs.
WEATHER
KANSAS: Fair west and partly cloudy east portion tonight and Friday. Warmer. Lows tonight near 30; high Friday 65 southeast to 55 northeast.
Seize Red Supplies; Tanks Smash North
Tokyo (U.P.)—United Nations troops captured the big Communist supply base of Hongchong in central Korea Wednesday and sent tank spearheads slashing north toward Chunchon, eight miles south of the 38th parallel.
Other Eighth army divisions occupied Seoul in force and drove on north all across the 140-mile Korean battlefront. The Reds continued to withdraw toward the 38th parallel, fighting rear guard actions only in the east-central mountains.
Hongchong, main supply base of the 66th Chinese Communist army corps 21 miles south of the parallel, fell to a combined drive by the U.S. 1st cavalry division the U.S. 1st marines and South Korean troops.
Other Eighth army divisions occupied Seoul in force and probed north toward the parallel all across the coast, against little or no resistance.
Only in the east-central mountains did the Reds seem to be making any concerted attempt to delay the Allied advance. The groups of enemy troops dug in on high ground overlooking the road north from Yudong, 29 miles south of the 38th parallel and 63 miles east of Seoul.
Censorship clouded exact whereabouts of the northernmost spear-heads of the 209,000-man U.N. army, but armored patrols were believed almost within artillery range of the parallel—old border between North and South Korea. Day-old reports put patrols within 15 miles of the parallel.
The Reds poured rifle and machinegun fire into the advancing Americans. The Yanks called up
Nominate 16 To YW Posts
Sixteen freshmen women have been nominated for the Y.W.C.A. junior cabinet offices. The election will be held Thursday, March 22 at Henley house at 4 p.m. Announcement of the winners will be made at the Barbershop Quartet contest that evening.
The nominating committee was made up of two representatives from each of the four freshman commissions and the present junior cabinet.
The nominees are: Barbara Allen and Marilyn Hawkinson, College, for president; Mary Ream and Jean Naupin, College, for vice-president; Louise Heim, fine arts, and Norma Lou Falletta, College, for secretary; Margaret Black and Helen Boring, College, for treasurer.
Vernie Theden and Mary Lynn Updegraff, College, publicity; Jeannene Fischer and Janis Murphy, College, programs; Susan Forney, education, and Myra Roesler, College, projects; Sidonie Brown, College, and Nancy Gilchrist, education, social chairman.
Faculty, Staff Give $561 To Red Cross
Faculty members and University employees have contributed $561 toward the $1500 goal of the Red Cross drive.
"We would like to finish up this week, but we definitely would accept contributions next week," Henry Shenk, chairman of the campus drive, said today.
Paden, Stene Attend AAUP Meet In Ohio
Dr. W. D. Paden, associate professor of English, will fly to Cincinnati, Ohio, today to address the national American Association of University Professors' convention on "How to Make an A.A.U.P. Chapter Function."
Dr. Paden, secretary-treasurer of the local chapter, will join Dr. Edwin O. Stene, professor of political science, who left Tuesday to attend the A.A.U.P. meetings that will be in session today through Sunday. Dr. Stene is a national council member of the A.A.U.P. and a past president of the local chapter.
KFKU To Hold Auditions
Auditions for KFKU players will be held at 7:45 tonight in the KFKU studios in the Engineering Experiment building.
planes and artillery fire and then smashed into the Reds in hand-to-hand fighting. By mid-afternoon the fight was over. The Americans counted 350 dead Communists and 250 wounded. Eight others were captured.
Nowhere along the front from the west coast to the east did the advancing Allies run into more than a few scattered enemy rear guards. In most sectors, they found no Communist troops at all, only abandoned weapons and defenses.
Nursing Caps To Be Awarded To 37 Students
Thirty-seven student nurses will receive caps in a smimple ceremony Saturday at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City
The nursing department will give the caps to those who have completed their six months probationary and pre-clinical work. They will be candidates for degrees when they finish their nursing course in two years.
The following are candidates for degrees two years from now:
They are Marie Crouch, Margaret Gartner Nola Houston, Verna Lou Jacobs, Mary Jo Kasselman, Evelyn Kirk, Lounie Lynn, Denna Marie Neff, Katharine Pearson, Carol Prichard, Margaret Thompson, Roberta Toeves, Luinda Sue Vann, Nola Voss, and Etta Wells.
The following will complete the course will receive certificates in a ninning ceremony in two years;
They are Mildred Asher, Margaree Mae Boydston, Elizabeth Bertsch, Irene Carter, Joanne Casida, Normalele Christie, Joyce Crowley, Jereeen Dreese, Estelle Granstaff, Roberta Grange, Betty James, Norma Jean Kesterson, Marion McVay, Mary Marshall, Donna Lou Mills, Mildred Phillips, Rebecca Reese, Roberta Wagner, Thelma Weems, Naomi Wilcox, Patricia Woellhof, and Rose Yartz.
At a pinning ceremony at the Medical Center recently eight nursing students received certificates after completing all their requirements for the certificates in nursing.
Three of these women will continue their work and receive the bachelor of science degree in nursing in June from the University of Kansas. They are Phyllis Walsten, Williamina Rose, and Jeanne Sisson. Bernatia Thorn will receive her degree from Kansas State college.
The other four who received certificates and are not planning for degrees are Doris Clary Baker, Jean Clark Laws, Betty Bervert, and Carol Butts Barstow.
K.U. Politicos Burying Hatchet?
If you take them at their word, the Young Republbeans and Young Democrats clubs at the University plan either a love feast or a fight to the finish tonight.
Both submitted notices for the Official bulletin calling meetings in the same room at the same time in Green hall.
Mrs. Erma Stricker, secretary in the public relations office who prepares the bulletin, noticed the duplication. Upon checking she found neither club had reserved the room officially. So she formally reserved two rooms for them and if they want to meet together, they can.